Shishkin Gallery Auction in November 17
ARTinvestment.RU   12 ноября 2012

Buyers will offer a collection of 114 lots - painting and drawing national masters XIX - XXI centuries, as well as works of fine plastic

Leonid Shishkin Gallery, November 17, 15:00
Kutuzovsky Prospect 2/1, pp. . 1, the hotel "Radisson Royal»

This Saturday, November 17, Leonid Shishkin Gallery holds regular auction of Russian and Soviet art. Bidding is traditionally held in the gallery at the hotel "Radisson Royal" ("Ukraine"). The attention of buyers offered a collection of 114 artworks - paintings and drawings of local artists XIX - XXI centuries, as well as works of fine plastic.

Ivan Zakharov Three girls. 1910 20th Oil on plywood. 61 x 81 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 11/17/2012. Lot 42 Estimate: 850-900 thousand Source: Press Release Leonid Shishkin Gallery

Among the top lots of the November auction - a rare painting "The crowd on the boulevard" Russian-French painter Tarkhova (1871-1930), made in the early 1900's. The work is related to the early period of the artist, when his talent was formed under the influence of the French art world. It was during this period Tarkhov actively participated in the Paris shows, including the Salon des Independants, and fully mastered the impressionistic style of painting. It is noteworthy that in the future scenes from the everyday life of Paris, images of its streets were the key themes of the artist's work; Tarkhova even called "chronicler" of the French capital. Interesting and origin presented for auction works: in the early 1980s, the Swiss Petit Palais museum, located in Geneva, bought from the heirs of the artist remaining work Tarkhova, including this thing. Later, she got out of the museum in one of the galleries of Madrid, where the Spanish collector was sold, and then ended up in a private collection in Russia. Preliminary assessment work - 8-10 million rubles.

Another interesting thing in the collection of the upcoming auction - large-format watercolors English artist and explorer Thomas Uitlema Atkinson . In 1847, an Englishman who made a unique at the time of the trip to the Altai Petersburg via Moscow and Yekaterinburg, during which he made detailed sketches of Russian cities. Put up for auction the image of Alexander the hill in Zlatoust in the Urals, the work in 1854 is estimated at 0.8-1 million rubles.

In addition, the auction catalog November 17 I would like to highlight painting Abram Arkhipov , Nicholas Dubovsky , Stanislav Stanislav Zhukovsky , Alexander Gerasimov and , Petr Konchalovsky , Michael Latry , Catherine Grain and others.

NICHOLAS Dubovsky The birth of the rainbow. 1892 canvas. 32 x 41,6 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 11/17/2012. Lot 45 Estimate: 2,2-2,5 million rubles Source: Press Release Leonid Shishkin Gallery

Sergei Gerasimov Landscape with church. 1952 canvas. 75 x 89 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 11/17/2012. Lot 78 Estimate: 700-900 thousand Source: Press Release Leonid Shishkin Gallery

Separate string at the November auction is devoted to Soviet arts and crafts - from the works of Konakovo faience factory to the author's bronze. Estimeyty on small plastic set both attractive: multi-figured scenes, made in majolica technique Gorihinoy Victoria, estimated at 30-35 thousand rubles, as well as subscription bronze statuette "Extraction leader" Jacob Kupreyanov.

electronic version of the catalog .

Pre-auction exhibition is open daily from 12:00 to 20:00 (22:00 - by appointment) in the Leonid Shishkin Gallery at the hotel "Radisson Royal».

Source : press release Leonid Shishkin Gallery